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Title: John Cunningham Climbing Ben Nevis 1976
Added: Oct 28, 2009
Author: PaulMJCunningham
Duration: 8:9
Description:
Rare footage by Yvon Chouinard, initially created for National Geographic featuring John Cunningham climbing an unspecified climb on Ben Nevis. No permission was granted to put this up, but I felt this is footage that shoud be shared with people. If the creators are unhappy with this then I can take it down.A few points of interest ...The 'climb' is actually a montage of different shots, I'm not sure the exact climbs, but my best guesses, based on the forum posts that have gone up, and an email are that the initial shot zooming in is Zero gulley (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URgg1wFQ8cg ), except that the shot has been reversed for some reason. The middle section, with the avalance is possibly Garadh Gullypage 189 of Creaagh Dhu Climber"part of the film was supposed to be fictional," says Chouinard, with John playing a hard case from a rundown part of Glasgow. He rides on his motorbike across Rannoch moor, solos something and then slips and falls but no-one knows if it is real or imagined, it was kinda surreal. The film never got to be seen because in another section, filmed in China , half the film crew were caught in a terrible avalanche. The director was killed and I broke a couple of ribs."Chouinard also mentions the filming in his 'Climbing ice' book (page 157 in the original 1978 version). He mentions being avalanched near Comb Buttress, by a cornice collapse on Number Two gully.The ferry crossing is actually the corran ferry, but probably made to look lik ethe bally one. the bally ferry closed in 75 as the bridge opened, so I guess it was a substitute to make the movie look like it was set in an earlier time.Cheers to anyone who has discussed this vid.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creagh-Dhu-Climber-Times-Cunningham/dp/0948153547http://www.amazon.co.uk/Climbing-Ice-Yvon-Chouinard/dp/0871562081/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257113380&sr=8-1
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Youtube Comments: 32
Optophobia Says:
Nov 2, 2009 - Great film Paul. Very inspirational.
bobbynobrain Says:
Nov 3, 2009 - Great video. The zoom-in shot looks like zero gully, but the film has been flipped horizontally so everything's in reverse. The shots of John moving quickly up ice with an icicle in the foreground nearer the end of the film reminds of the initial icefall of Glover's Chimney, but I'm only guessing. Yvon Chouinard showed this film at the Fort William festival last year, and it's great to see it again. Thanks, Jamie
robrjarvis Says:
Nov 4, 2009 - Cheers Paul - real pleasure to see him flowing up the ice like that. Think the starting gully with all the spindrift is Garadh. Here's hoping for some conditions like 76 in 10.... All the best, Rob.
tdatftr Says:
Nov 5, 2009 - Great vid Paul, loved it. Totally evocative of the era and such H Def as well. I sent the link to a friend from here who spent a lot of time with JC when they were both at IM Marsh and Graeme always speaks super-highly of the bloke. Thanks again for doing this and best from Austria, the big one in the South Pacific with the 'roos .....
dpbimages Says:
Nov 11, 2009 - Brilliant!
jingshelpmaboab Says:
Nov 11, 2009 - Fantastic video, as many have said very evocative of the era - for me, fastening crampon straps in spindrift particularly so! I like JC's wee skips up the ice... compare that with most folks' battering away at every step.
bollockchops123 Says:
Nov 12, 2009 - he rode through the highland winter on his motorbike..without gloves. Brilliant bit of film, cheers mate.
gsjnp Says:
Nov 14, 2009 - Hi PaulMJCunningham, thanks so much for posting this. Wonderful to see Johnny in action again. It's just like I remember him, utterly outstanding climber, such fluid, rapid movement & superbly fit! I was pretty fit when I was at IMM but Johnnyjust seriously kicked my butt (& others on the course) when it came to climbing & hill walking. I remember thinking quite often 'why the hell can't I keep up with this old bastard!' Sadly missed. Graeme.
gsjnp Says:
Nov 14, 2009 - more from Graeme..Finally I asked him how he was so fast in the hills, on snow & climbing. True to form he showed me his techniques. I worked at it & improved out of sight - never looked back. Really helped on my North Pole Exped! (still found it hard to keep up with him though)I learned so much from Johnny, he was a great inspiration & mentor to me. Fun tomes in pubs, bothys etc in the UK, he was a great story teller & a fantastic prankster!
lyallbaybum69 Says:
Nov 24, 2009 - Wonderful!Thank-you kindly for this wee film of a LEGENDARY man.
BetarennaLondon Says:
Dec 23, 2009 - Briliant video. As someone who is just starting out mountaineering, it's great to see john climbing and so fliudly, very inspirational to see him climbing solo as I would like to do!
KevinMaule1976 Says:
Dec 26, 2009 - Holy cow this video is pure gold. Its so historically important, as much for John as the bike sequence and the ferry. He is so effortlessly cool, I'm inspried to run up stuff till I fall off!Kevin
andrewdavid68 Says:
Feb 1, 2010 - Great little film.
Fr4nkWh1te Says:
May 10, 2010 - Is he using Nailboots or crampons ?
edboyter Says:
May 24, 2010 - @Fr4nkWh1te all is revealed at 4:42 ;)
sinclaircooper Says:
Jul 27, 2010 - What a nice relaxing little film, wish I was up in the hills right now...
elgwiz Says:
Oct 31, 2010 - How soft we have all become with our hard hats and safety boots , this is a good example of how to live , brilliant film
luisitoaa Says:
Dec 6, 2010 - anyone knows which model is the motorbike?
jrtimson31 Says:
Jan 15, 2011 - Just been looking back at the photos of a wonderful year of outdoor pursuits at I M Marsh College of PE, Liverpool (1977/78) doing the Advanced Diploma in Outdoor Education there. Johnny was one of our instructors and it's great to add this excellent piece of video footage of the great man in action to my collection... a real ballet dancer on ice. Thanks, Paul, for posting it. Made my day...
TheEvilscotsman123 Says:
Mar 8, 2011 - Fantastic video.
ftryew Says:
Jun 30, 2011 - touch of class
andrewrcoggins Says:
Jul 21, 2011 - pre helmet motorcycling!
talkeetnaair Says:
Sep 12, 2011 - awesome video. vintage. does anyone know the jazz soundtrack in the early part of the vid?
MrSinclaircooper Says:
Jan 7, 2012 - epic
gallusguy Says:
Nov 2, 2009 - Thanks for posting this Paul,although Stuart Johnson emailed it to me this morning.Mo-bike [Norton?] no helmet, no gloves, climbing the distilery gates north of the Fort.Great scenes, great memories.GG